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Incidence of road traffic crashes and pattern of injuries among commercial motorcyclists in Naivasha Town
(International Journal of Applied Research, 2015)Commercial Motorcycling has become a popular mode of transportation in Kenya, in both rural and urban areas since early 1990’s, but traced to 1960s. In Kenya, however, its related injuries cause significant morbidity and ... -
Increased investment in gametocytes in asymptomatic Plasmodium falciparum infections in the wet season
(BMC, 2021)Background: Transmission stemming from asymptomatic infections is increasingly being recognized as a threat to malaria elimination. In many regions, malaria transmission is seasonal. It is not well understood whether ... -
Increased severe anemia in HIV-1-exposed and HIV-1-positive infants and children during acute malaria
(AIDS, 2005)Increased severe anemia in HIV-1-exposed and HIV-1-positive infants and children during acute malaria -
Indoor and outdoor malaria vector surveillance in western Kenya: implications for better understanding of residual transmission
(Springer, 2017)The widespread use of indoor-based malaria vector control interventions has been shown to alter the behaviour of vectors in Africa. There is an increasing concern that such changes could sustain residual transmission. This ... -
Influence of blood group, Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase and Haemoglobin genotype on Falciparum malaria in children in Vihiga highland of Western Kenya
(BioMed Central, 2020-07-09)Genetic diversity of ABO blood, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency and haemoglobin type and their ability to protect against malaria vary geographically, ethnically and racially. No study has been carried ... -
Influence of blood meal and age of mosquitoes on susceptibility to pyrethroids in Anopheles gambiae from Western Kenya
(BioMed Central, 2019)Background: Physiological characteristics (age and blood feeding status) of malaria vectors can influence their susceptibility to the current vector control tools that target their feeding and resting behaviour. To ensure ... -
Influence of blood meal and age of mosquitoes on susceptibility to pyrethroids in Anopheles gambiae from Western Kenya
(BMC malaria journal, 2019)Physiological characteristics (age and blood feeding status) of malaria vectors can infuence their susceptibility to the current vector control tools that target their feeding and resting behaviour. To ensure the sus ... -
Influence of blood meal and age of mosquitoes on susceptibility to pyrethroids in Anopheles gambiae from Western Kenya
(Springer nature, 2019)Physiological characteristics (age and blood feeding status) of malaria vectors can influence their susceptibility to the current vector control tools that target their feeding and resting behaviour. To ensure the ... -
Injuries in developing countries: policy response needed now
(Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 1996-11)How important are injuries? The World Health Organization (WHO) predicts that injuries will be responsible for more deaths, morbidity and disability combined than communicable diseases by the year 2020. Injuries currently ... -
Innovative approaches to application of information technology in disease surveillance and prevention in Western Kenya
(Academic Press, 2007-08-01)We describe an electronic injury surveillance system that provides data for improving patient care and monitoring injury incidenceand distribution patterns. Patients with injuries visiting a rural Kenyan primary care center ... -
Installing and implementing a computer-based patient record system in sub-Saharan Africa: the Mosoriot Medical Record System
(BMJ Group, 2003-07-01)The authors implemented an electronic medical record system in a rural Kenyan health center. Visit data are recorded on a paper encounter form, eliminating duplicate documentation in multiple clinic logbooks. Data are ... -
Interleukin-6 and interleukin-10 gene promoter polymorphisms and risk of endemic Burkitt lymphoma
(The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2014-09-03)Overexpression of interleukin-6 (IL-6) and IL-10 in endemic Burkitt lymphoma (eBL) may facilitate tumorigenesis by providing a permissive cytokine milieu. Promoter polymorphisms influence interindividual differences ... -
Intermittent screening and treatment with dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine for the prevention of malaria in pregnancy: implementation feasibility in a routine healthcare system setting in western Kenya
(BioMed Central, 2020)Background Intermittent preventive treatment in pregnancy (IPTp) with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) is recommended for preventing malaria in pregnancy in areas of moderate-to-high transmission in sub-Saharan Africa. ... -
Is development aid to strengthen health systems during protracted conflict a useful investment? The case of South Sudan, 2011–2015
(BMJ Specialist Journals, 2020)Is achievement of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 16 (building peaceful societies) a precondition for achieving SDG 3 (health and well-being in all societies, including conflict-affected countries)? Do health system ... -
Kenya: road-traffic accidents
(Elsevier, 1997)RTAs exert a huge burden on the country's economy in terms of vehicle repairs, the treatment of injuries, and compensation claims. The annual economic costs are estimated to have risen from an equivalent of 1.6% of gross ... -
Knowledge and behaviour as determinants of anti-malarial drug use in a peri-urban population from malaria holoendemic region of western Kenya
(BioMed Central, 2011-04-20)The appropriate use of anti-malarial drugs determines therapeutic efficacy and the emergence and spread of drug-resistant malaria. Strategies for improving drug compliance require accurate information about current ... -
Knowledge and perceptions about indoor residual spray for malaria prevention in Mumberes division, Nandi County in Central province of Kenya
(African journals online, 2017)Malaria control and intervention tools usage and coverage in community depend on community acceptability and compliance. Indoor residual spray (IRS) and long lasting insecticide treated nets (LLINs) are the preferred and ... -
Knowledge, attitude and practice towards zoonoses among public health workers in Nyanza province, Kenya
(J Epidemiol Public Health Rev, 2012)We sought to determine the knowledge and attitude of public health workers (PHWs) with respect to emerging and re-emerging zoonotic diseases and the practice of one health approach in the surveillance of zoonoses in the ... -
Knowledge, attitudes and practices of trained traditional birth attendants on HIV/AIDS, Kenya
(Baraton Interdisplinary Research Journal, 2012-06-02)HIV and AIDS is a global pandemic with cases being reported from virtually every country in the world. There is a growing awareness in many African countries that the Trained Traditional Birth Attendants (TTBAs) have a ... -
Knowledge, attitudes and sexual practices of university students for advancing peer HIV education
(AJOL, 2009)Objective: To determine the current HIV/AIDS Knowledge, Attitudes and Sexual Practices (KASP) indicators among university students that would facilitate development and implementation of a peer education programme and the ...
